Synonyms for fidget
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fij-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪdʒ ɪt |
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Définition of fidget
Origin :- 1670s, as the fidget "uneasiness," later the fidgets, from a 16c. verb fidge "move restlessly," perhaps from Middle English fiken "to fidget, hasten," from Old Norse fikjask "to desire eagerly" (cf. German ficken "to move about briskly;" see fuck).
- verb move restlessly
- She was looking about her on all sides, in a fidget of annoyance, searching for him, and to his dismay she saw him.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- Henry did not encourage romance, and she was no girl to fidget for it.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- There was no impatience or desire to fidget left in Jabe Smith now.
- Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- It was hard to wait, hard not to fidget under the watchful—the only word—eyes of the GG.
- Extract from : « Question of Comfort » by Les Collins
- Mr Neeld was in a fidget, a fidget of importance and expectancy.
- Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
- Mrs. Fidget (who has been fingering all the Joints for some time).
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892 » by Various
- He hesitated again, until the Kwanns in front of him had begun to fidget.
- Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper
- "Of course, I should fidget about you," she said, indignantly.
- Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty
- Ascher did not find the thing interesting and began to fidget.
- Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham
- But he began to fidget—which was a sign that he was worried.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Grumpy Weasel » by Arthur Scott Bailey
Antonyms for fidget
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